Barn damaged by 2-alarm fire

FITCHBURG 
Fire damaged a barn attached to a Wanoosnoc Road home Wednesday.

Deputy Chief John C. Curran said firefighters were able to quickly get the fire under control, and prevented it from spreading to the attached home at 177 Wanoosnoc Road.

The deputy chief said that around 6 p.m. firefighters arrived to find heavy fire coming from windows and the main door of the barn. The homeowner was home at the time of the fire, and was able to get out of the house uninjured.

The fire quickly went to two alarms, and firefighters initially had trouble with a defective fire hydrant across the street.

Firefighters had the blaze under control in about 45 minutes; Deputy Chief Curran said an engine company remained on the scene for overhauling.

Firefighters were assisted at the scene by an engine and ladder company from Leominster. Townsend, Westminster and Lunenburg firefighters covered the station, Deputy Chief Curran said.